Happy New Day. Happy New Year
The 2008 Christmas season gave its own special memories—times of laughter, excitement, peace, renewed faith, and tiresome duty. We shared times that were well-planned, spur-of-the-moment, and mundane. All of them too fleeting. I have a lot of goals for 2009. Contracts to fill. Marketing to accomplish. School lessons to teach. Suppers to cook. Souls to ...read more
Audios, Contests, & Plain News
Many have written asking for the large-print version of When the Soul Mends. I wish I could direct you to where it can be bought, but I’ve been told the large-print version will not be released until spring. For some, an audio version might be the answer they’re looking for. If you’d like to view or ...read more
Contest and Finding Hannah
For those who receive my newsletter, you had the article ”Finding Hannah” enter into your inbox in September’s issue of Plain News. As part of an invitation to those who don’t receive the newsletter, I’ve posted that article below. Whenever I have the opportunity to mingle with readers, I’m surprised by the number of people who ...read more
My Latest Trip to Pennsylvania
I arrived home late Tuesday after a wonderful trip to visit family in Pennsylvania. There’s never enough time to see as much of my loved ones as I want, so I often leave with my heart aching for more. Sally (my step mom) was a constant help from the time my plane touched down ...read more
The Shape of Mercy and New Contest
Remember the Salem Witch trials? It’s a time period cloaked in mysteries and Susan Meissner has written a powerful book that delves deep into love, fear, and how prejudice and judgment affects three separate generations of women—a young Puritan girl, an elderly librarian, and a college student. Here’s what a reviewer from Publishers Weekly ...read more
PA Dutch Words and a Contest
In July, while at the International Christian Retail Show in Orlando, my publisher told me that my three books in the Sisters of the Quilt series will be coming out in audio format. I was THRILLED. It’s something many readers have asked me about. The publisher mentioned that the narrator would contact me in a ...read more
Winner, a contest, and detasseling
Whew! Time has slipped right past me! I’m under deadline and have been under the weather. Those are never a good combination, are they? I have so much I want to share, and only a few minutes. First, I’d like to send a huge CONGRATS to RITA winner, Linda Goodnight. I’m so excited for her! It ...read more
Winner, an excerpt, and a contest . . .
Happy July! The temps are hot, the pantry needs restocking again, and the sink needs emptying . . . again, and summertime rolls on. The good news is the neighborhood pool has plenty of water Offered in the last blog contest was an autographed copy of When the Soul Mends, to be sent when available. ...read more
Authors . . . you be the judge . . .
While in Orlando, I tried to keep a well-known author straight. Did it work? Below you’ll find a photo of Brandilyn Collins, writer of Seatbelt Suspense. What I want to know is when reading her Seatbelt Suspense, where’s the padded bar that both surrounds a person and gives them something solid to hold on to–like the ones on ...read more
RITA finalist ~ me?
This is the last week for sharing RITA finalist interviews. There are eight finalists who’ve been posting the interviews on each others’ blogs. With a surname like Woodsmall, I’m closing out the final interview. Don’t forget, I still have a contest running for a chance to win an autographed copy of all three books. For a chance to win you can post ...read more
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